The First Amendment and the Bill of Rights: The first amendment‚ established on December 15‚1791 by James Madison is one out of the ten amendments in the bill of rights. This was First Amendment to the U.S constitution but some call it “Amendment 1”. The first amendment gives the right to freedom of religion. This prevents the government from establishing one religion for the whole country‚ allowing anyone to choose their own religion. It also gives us something called freedom of speech and
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technology testing the Fourth Amendment? With all the new technology‚ police are now using devices that could potentially “see through walls”. They are also using other search techniques such as wiretapping to conduct searches rather than a “physical search” and by doing so; they can “legally” avoid violating the Fourth Amendment. A lot of the Fourth Amendment has also been weakened significantly over the years from Federal Court Case and the new technology. The fourth Amendment is “The right of the people
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How the 19th Amendment Affects Womankind Imagine it’s voting day‚ every poll is filled to the brim with citizens. You are running errands with your family‚ but out of the corner of your eye you catch a woman trying to be involved in the election by voting. As you pass by more and more polls‚ you notice more and more women. Next thing you know‚ there are screams of terror as those women are being dragged out of the polls‚ being treated like wild animals. You and your family are sprinting to be separated
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Ariel Okech Diana D’India ENGL 101 055 31 October 2014 In "A First Amendment Junkie" Susan Jacoby argues that censoring pornography goes against the First Amendment. She believes that the First Amendment should be absolutely interpreted. She states that people will never be able to agree on what should be censored. She points out that censoring pornography will lead to censorship of other topics that need to be discussed and brought to attention in American society. She believes that pornography
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In the First Amendment‚ there are two clauses that can be applied to religion. The two clauses are the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. The Establishment Clause prohibits the establishment of a religion by Congress. Essentially‚ there will be no “official religion” forced upon the citizens. The Free Exercise Clause allows people to freely take part in any religion and partake in religious rituals. There are multiple cases where these First Amendment clauses are used in an official
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What speech does the first amendment protect on college campuses? By definition‚ a speech code is any rule or regulation that limits‚ restricts‚ or bans speech beyond the strict legal limitations upon freedom of speech or press found in the legal definitions of harassment‚ slander‚ libel‚ and fighting words (First Amendment). There is not one real speech code that all public college campuses follow. The first amendment includes freedom of speech‚ but does not limit any speech codes on college
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the 13th and 15th amendment. In terms of the 13th‚ the case of Dred Scott v. Stanford comes to mind. We see the court rule and state that Americans of African descent were not American citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. Along with that we also again see racial segregation upheld in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson‚ as I talked about previously. Although there were no cases that directly overturned the Dred Scott case or the Plessy case‚ the fourteenth amendment paved way for equal
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First Amendment is the Cornerstone of the United States of America On July 4‚ 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed freeing the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain‚ creating what would become the most powerful democratic country in history. The United States of America’s path to success is filled with trial‚ error‚ and countless sacrifices. The founding fathers envisioned a nation that was governed by the people not by a tyrannical king. On December 15‚ 1791 a very
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Fernandez v. California: Fourth Amendment Upheld? POL 303 August 4‚ 2013 The Merit case of Fernandez v. California is seeking to determine whether the Constitutional rights of Walter Fernandez were violated under the 4th Amendment when law enforcement conducted a search of his residence upon obtaining consent from his girlfriend‚ who was also a resident‚ after Fernandez was taken into custody (and had stated his objections to the search while at the scene). In Georgia v. Randolph (2006)
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freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble. And to petition the government for a redress of grievances" (U.S. Cost). Should celebrities be allowed to say whatever they want? Should the rights of the First Amendment be applied differently to celebrities? Celebrities‚ like all of us should be able to voice their political opinions‚ but unlike the majority of us‚ celebrities have an enormous platform and with this platform‚ celebrities can bring a greater audience
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